EXPLAINED -Why Germany were not given penalty in Euro quarters vs Spain? What does handball rule say

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[died_avation_is_alive]

bro ....the shot was on target ...and it hits his hand not by a slight hit the entire are robbed

[ManiPulatoR]

If that one againsd Denmark was a penalty (no shot on target, closer distance, much more "natural position" of the arm), there's no way in 1000 years this one her is not. Plain and simple.

[DevonRyeTheDragonfly]

Even Cucurella KNEW, what are some people trying to justify here

[prudent]

bunk...his arm was straight away from the body...The ref should have consulted VAR, but chose not to. A ref who's country is still playing should not be allowed to referee a match, and England is still in the draw

[godwrote]

1:45 The player with the 14 has his hands beside the back to avoid accidental handball. this is how you do it. The 24 has his hands all over the place and blocked a clear shot by accident directly on the goal. in 99 out of 100 handballs this would be a PENALTY

[fohelmli]

UEFA ruled today 09/24/24, this was a penalty!

[anishchatterjee]

Deliberate or not we will never know. When the shot was taken his arm was away from his body and he then moved it towards the incoming ball and fortunately for him, it was towards his body as well. So we will never know if he was trying to block the ball or trying to put his arm behind his body 😂. We can assume it's deliberate when we see him smiling after the penalty wasn't given.

[singingdahblues]

That is a penalty any day of the week. You select some choice examples to argue it is not, I can show you many many more examples under identical circumstances where penalties were given. Very clear penalty. To be clear, I am neither a Spanish or German fan, it was a great game, but that was definitely a penalty, and I'm pretty sure most Spanish fans watching would in that moment themselves have believed a penalty would inevitably have followed. Lucks a fortune. Cheers

[giuseppeaccardo]

An entire video to say That was penalty all day

[baradmemarkermani]

It was a penalty, the hand was completely open, it stoped the shot from reaching the goal, it was a clear penalty and the ref should at least booked him

[foxythepiratewolfgangh]

This explanation is complete nonsense and so was Taylor's decision to not give the penalty. Taylor in refusing the penalty clearly did so because he claimed by his words and body posture that Cucurella had his hands by his sides in a "natural position". But that ignores the context ie. what happened before his arm was by his sides where he blocked Musiala's shot which was going into the goal with the keeper beaten. Fact is, Cucurella had his arms out to his side, away from his body at about a 90 degree angle before the shot was taken. The shot is taken and then Cucurella moves his arm and hands downwards directly into the direction of the ball, then to try and fool the ref, Cucurella lets his arm go backwards and go limp. The fact is, it is hand to ball and a deliberate obstruction of the ball. It was 100% a penalty. Hand to ball whether up or down under the rules is a penalty if it is in the 18. Show the whole video Sports Today. Not just one frame.

[javeriakhan]

Clear penalty, this guy should stick to watching cricket

[acevaptsarov]

This video is complete gibberish and misinformation. People who try to argue that this isn't a penalty are completely ignorant and I truly cant fathom it

[eldiablo]

Its NOT about the rule... Its about how the rule was used the hole tournament... Every little contact with hand was a penalty, but in the most important game the VAR is non Existent

[Tenaguer]

Guys why dont you show what happened seconds before this handball? I think you should show the hole play just to make it fair...
This play had been invalidated becouse of the previous offside from Niclas Füllkrug. Then also Niclas Füllkrug made a handball controlling the ball after the offside and 3 seconds before Cucurellas one haha, you just show what you want. This is why they didnt even checked the VAR...
This was a referee mistake for not making clear that it was offside and handball from Niclas Füllkrug.

[MrPakurfulo]

the real reason is because this action came right after an offside that they didn't call out

[alaalutfi]

When the ball is going to touch the hand it was away from his body, it was high speed shot that bended his hand to look like this photo you're showing so he didn't try to bend his hand, the ball did ( scientifically: the ball speed around 60m/s, the hand bended in less than 0.5 m so it took 0.8 m.s to bend his hand ( there is no human has such a fast reflection even cats don't have)
The arm was away, and most importantly the ball was going fast to the goal dead corner
If Antony Taylor went back to the var he'd give penalty kick no doubt, but he refused to go to the var as most English referees do
I think maybe they are free to do that in the premier league but not in such international competition,
Maybe Taylor is one of finest referees in the world, but he did a terrible mistake,
I believe that the var room most contain more than one referee, they should have the upper hand to force call the referee in such critical cases

[niclasbauer]

I will never understand why that penalty was not given and why it was not double checked...disgrace really.

[sytytyspala]

He interprets that rule in his own way picking word "purpose" (2:31) as if it meant you deliberately play ball with your hand in the situation when the rule says " accidently or intentionally play the ball with the hand " (google translated text) and the text goes on like this " if the hand or arm moves towards or away from the body, it is a hand foul " " if the hand or arm is in place and the player has no chance to react to the ball, it is not a foul " CONCLUSION: ABSOLUTELY PENALTY NO DOUBT. Multiple referees have said that it should have been penalty ( in radio, TV, podcasts and so on) I have not anyone say anything else.

It´s penalty. With an extended arm, he stopped a ball going in the direction of the goal line. If that arm had not been extended, the ball would have continued its path to the goal. So he deprived Germany of a potential goal by stopping a ball with an extended arm within the penalty area. Why do you think many players tuck their arms in their backs or their sides when someone in front of them is going to kick the ball? Because they don´t want a handball call. if you read the handball rule the key point is the "unnaturally bigger" concept, why did Cucurella have his arm extended to his side? To be bigger, to cover more volume. It doesn't matter if in the last milliseconds, he had the intention to remove his arm. It was not natural for him to have his arm in that position.